St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-05

who were in the majority in this state,
would combine and act together they
might expect this combination to keep
control for years; that the way the man.
ufacturers and the railroads got their
legislation attended to was TO meet to-
gether and become acquainted, and
then to all act together as one man.
Consequently their business is at
tended to, while the farmers
best interests are disregarded.
Even the senate of the United States, a
body which ought to be above reproach,
is composed of men who were never
sent there because they were statesmen,
but because they were millionaires and
able to buy their way into that assem-
bly,. Jesse Kennedy, of Iowa, re-
sponded i'll few appropriate remarks
and then started off into an address to
the alliance about the necessity of CO.
operation. He said the reason the
wishes of the farmers were diSregarded
was because they did not combine to-
gether and demand what legislation
was needed: that lin Iowa, which was
farmers state, as TO per cent.
of the population is farmers, we
are so bashful that we have
right, but since the state alliance met
and the delegates from the local alli-
anceS got together and discussed what
was needed, we feel more confident.
and at the next election you will see
more farmers in. the Iowa legislature
than have ever been there before. We
have been asleep, and are just waking
up, and some of these railroads which
are expecting us to pay from 20 to 40
per cent. on railroad stock which is
watered to the tune of $4,000 OF 100000
mile will find ont their mistake.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
A. j. Streeter then made the annual
address. He spoke of the enormous in
crease in the number of local alliances
during the past year and said that the
pended largely on the way they at
tended the alliances and became edu-
Gated to the fact that by cooperation
they would be able to brng the mOnopo-
lies to terms. He said allcmanufact-
urers recognized this fact, that in Or
der to be successful they must confer
together frequently and act together in
all matters of legislation. He called at
tention to the nail manufacturers, who
hold conference every thirty days, sand
who have succeeded through these fire.
quent conventions in settling all differ
enceS and preventing ruinouS cuts in
prices and in consequence have made
money.
In speaking of the unjust criticism in
the Tribune of yesterday he said num-
Der of the members wanted to exclude
the reporters of this paper from all
further meetings of this convention.
But this he thought would be mistake.
for we must remember that sit is the hit
bird that tlutterS," and that the Tribune
by Safeguarding him only showed that
they were reliable statements which he
made and that the facts and figures
which he gave hit some of the monopo-
lists in sore spot. If Jay Gould was
here he would probably indOrSe the
Tribune's criticism, and if we pull to-
gether these mOnOpoliStS will soon come
around and say, 1--WE always knew you
were right, but we were slow to
acknowledge it,
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
The committee ON credentials made
their report allowing all the delegates
from the local alliances to take part in
the proceedings of the convention but
limiting the number of votes to two
from each state. This report seemed to
fall like dynamite bomb among the
Minnesota delegation. Senator HiXon,
of Grant county, said the Minnesota del
egates were here from all parts of the
state, and that there were questions per-
tanning to the gralnEinterestS that would
cut no figure with the delegates from
Illinois, Kansas and Iowa, but which
were of vital importance to the farmers
of Minnesota. The farmers of this state
did not intend to sit still and be voted
down by delegates who knew
nothing about the struggle which was
going on here, between the farmers
and the monopolies. Several of the
delegates from the state in question
alliance to show that it was but fair to
give every state the same vote.
L. III. Barrett said in order to explain
matters he would have to expose some
of the Vaccinations of a Minneapolis
firm. de said certain men in this con-
ventiOn were
CONTROLLED BY JOHN S. PILLSBURY,
and that telegram was received by
delegate stating that ''if he would 90 to
the convention that was held at Chicago
all his expenses would be paid. Signed,
John S. Pillsbury." This brought C.
l.. Smith, the lecturer of the National
alliance, to his feet, along with
some others, and their was consider
able of an uproar, during which
Barrett charged Smith with living under
tiiO SoIioioi VI dllu DHl1bn
C lied Barrett a liar. After some time
tle Minnesota delegation got together
in an ante room and discussed the mat
ter with closed doors. When they
emerged they seemed to have arrived at
an understanding and after adopting the
report of the committee on credentials,
they offered a resolution amending the
constitution, giving each state two votes
and one additional vote for every
twenty-five local alliances in the state,
which was adopted unanimously. The
convention then adjourned to meet to-
day at a. m, in Window hall.
THE FOLLOWING DELEGATES
were present at the convention yester-
day: l.. D. Whiting. David w. Wood,
Milton George and A. j. Streeter. from
Illinois; Fl. G. Constance, Wisconsin; J.
Burrows, Nebraska; A. D. Chase, A.
Wardell, III. L. Loucks, j. W. Hardin
and NJ johnson, Dakota; Hugh Cam
erOn, Kansas; William Cummings, N.
B. Ashley, j. c. Kennedy and August
Post, Iowa; T. IL. Barrett, John Dia-
mond. c. Canning, NJ. Cutler, James
Haney, j. j. Furlong, S. Duncan, w. II.
Dunbar. Hans j. Ben amin, Erick Olson,
I. G. Hodg son, II. G. Fillmore, T. H.
TOombS, H. Schran, w. S. Chowen and
j. w. Reynolds, Minnesota.